Josh Rushing's HOLLYWOOD: Casting the Enemy (Part 1)

Josh Rushing explores how Hollywood portrays Arabs for Al Jazeera English. Interviews include Omar Sharif, Alexander Saddig, Tony Shaloub, Chris Maher, Sayed Badreya, Jack Shaheen and Malek Akkad.
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[mariannora]

how can you have anything against a guy like alexander siddig? he's the best living advertisement for arab people!

[TheWordOfBod]

hang on a second. hollywood is based on streotypes. it's not just arabs but europeans, mexicans, the chinese, african-americans, the list goes on and on...

[mizutofu]

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[flockofgoat]

No, India has a better chance of being nuked by Pakistan with weapons supplied by China, but that's beside the point. I guess you don't watch the news much, we've calmed Iraq enough to pull out, we are removing combat troops from Iraq right now in fact. They will be redeployed to Afghanistan and, God willing the U.S. will be given a free hand to hault the insurgency. We will see success in Afghanistan, just like Iraq, as long as we see the mission through to the end. You can bank on it.

[flockofgoat]

Huh, That's strange because there are still nations and companies that are still investing and doing business in the US. So much so that the dollar has strangthed against the Euro and yen even in a tough economic climate. China does need us. They are shutting down factories and decreasing imports because we have stopped buying their cheap crap. But that's cool, maybe global economics isn't your strong suit.

[salimm]

India has more chance of being ruined by buying stuff it doesn't need - like weapons from the US than rubbish toys from China. Forget 1962 - Concentrate more on the quagmire in Vietnam in the late 60s - which your country seems to be bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[salimm]

Uh, Genius, People DO still have cash; they just don't want to waste it by investing it in your country that's all. China does NOT need you - Reality check: they have other people willing to invest in their country - you don't. Your post is basically you boasting over the US not being able to provide a decent return on investment - nothing to crow about!

[flockofgoat]

FYI-Nobody has any money dipfuck. That's why we're in a global recession. However the U.S. is in a markedly better position that say, the EU. China definately needs us more than we need them because we secure the flow of oil to their country. The U.S. doesn't get the lions share of Mid-East oil. Europe and Asia do. If we stopped providing security to that region what do you think would happen to their economies? I'll give you a clue, look at China circa 1962 and you'll get an idea.

[salimm]

The reason China isn't loaning is because they've lost their appetite for US debt - they've realized that they're not going to get paid AT ALL, much less paid last. Their economy was already overheating before - you give yourself too much credit, plus the reason you're not buying any products of their is because you have NO CASH. Remember, you NEED them because nobody else will buy your debt now - they DON'T need you because they can move on the other markets. OK?

[flockofgoat]

Ha! Good one. Actually China isn't loaning us anymore money and we've pretty much told them they can expect to get paid last. We've also stopped buying their shit and that's cause strife on their economy. But a year ago you would have been right.